body double

English - Turkish

Definition of body double in English Turkish dictionary

vücut çift

English - English

Definition of body double in English English dictionary

A political decoy; a person employed to impersonate a politician, in order to draw attention away from the real person or to take risks on their behalf

A film stand-in for an actor, in scenes not involving the face, especially during scenes of nudity, or of dangerous activity

A movie actor who substitutes for a leading performer, especially in distance shots or scenes not involving the face, such as close-ups of a portion of the body. someone whose body appears instead of an actor's or actress's in a film, especially in scenes where they are not wearing any clothes double

Related Terms

body doubles

plural form of body double

Hyphenation

bo·dy dou·ble

Turkish pronunciation

bädi dʌbıl

Pronunciation

/ˈbädē ˈdəbəl/ /ˈbɑːdiː ˈdʌbəl/

Etymology

[ 'bä-dE ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English bodig; akin to Old High German boteh corpse.